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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2016, 7:29 PM EDT for Greene County, Owen County, Indiana. It was in force for 31 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2016, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Greene County, IN, Owen County, IN
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
835
WUUS53 KIND 112329
SVRIND
INC055-119-120000-
/O.NEW.KIND.SV.W.0055.160511T2329Z-160512T0000Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
729 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...
SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL INDIANA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 729 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF SPENCER...OR 23 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPENCER...WORTHINGTON...FREEDOM...COAL CITY AND MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE
PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3928 8705 3936 8678 3916 8669 3916 8672
3909 8702 3917 8706 3923 8706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 252DEG 12KT 3921 8696
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
502 follow-up statements
718
WWUS53 KIND 112346
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
746 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016
INC055-119-120000-
/O.CON.KIND.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160512T0000Z/
GREENE IN-OWEN IN-
746 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTIES...
AT 746 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SPENCER...OR 20 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPENCER...MCCORMICKS CREEK STATE PARK AND FREEDOM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 3928 8705 3936 8678 3916 8669 3916 8672
3911 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 2346Z 252DEG 12KT 3923 8689
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
50541
WWUS53 KIND 112356
SVSIND
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
756 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016
INC055-119-120006-
/O.EXP.KIND.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-160512T0000Z/
GREENE IN-OWEN IN-
756 PM EDT WED MAY 11 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GREENE AND
SOUTHERN OWEN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM EDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER SMALL HAIL
IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA.
LAT...LON 3928 8705 3936 8678 3916 8669 3916 8672
3911 8692
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 252DEG 12KT 3923 8689
$$
50The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:54 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IND | Clay, Daviess, Greene, Jackson, Knox, Lawrence and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 11, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Sullivan | 34 min |
| May 11, 5:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Warren | 38 min |
| May 11, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Sullivan, Vigo | 30 min |
| May 11, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Fountain, Montgomery, Parke, Putnam, Tippecanoe | 35 min |
| May 11, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Knox | 47 min |
| May 11, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene, Knox, Sullivan | 38 min |
| May 11, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 49 min |
| May 11, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Clay, Greene, Owen | 26 min |
| May 11, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Parke, Vermillion | 25 min |
| May 11, 7:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Greene | 33 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.